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Graduate Assistants
host second ‘grade-in’
in support of GSU
By Justin Hicks
Senior Reporter

FILE PHOTO BY LEAH SEFTON

On Oct. 23, 2010, Sophomore right tackle Eric Fisher wraps up Northern Illinois defensive tackle D.J. Pirkle at the line of scrimmage at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Ill.

Big Fish
Eric Fisher’s draft stock has risen since
the end of the 2012-13 football season

University offensive tackle Eric
Fisher has had a long journey to
the top of the NFL Draft boards.

But, his journey will end
Thursday night when his
named is called and he walks
across the stage, becoming
the newest member of one of
the 32 teams in the NFL.
Whether he goes as the
No. 1 overall pick to Kansas
City, No. 2 to Jacksonville
or down to No. 5 with the
homestate Detroit Lions,
Fisher will be in the NFL

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DIRECTOR OF STUDENT MEDIA

By Kris Lodes | Sports Editor

Former Central Michigan

Central Michigan University graduate assistants took
part in a “grade-in” Monday in the Education and
Human Services Building
to raise awareness for the
ongoing Graduate Student
Union contract negotiations.
More than ten GAs took
turns at Monday’s grade-in,
showing their support for
the GSU and the issues being discussed with administration at the bargaining
table, while also grading
final exams.
GSU President Michelle
Campbell said the gradeins have been helpful, and
bargaining is heading in
the right direction for the
union.
“I think it went very well,
especially considering our
GAs are some of the busiest
people on campus,” Campbell said. “I think we’re on
the right track for a strong
and successful union.”
Participants of the second
grade-in had signs posted
above a table outside Einstein Bros. Bagels and the
French Auditorium, which
displayed the number of
classes taught by GAs, the
number of students taught
each year and how much
revenue their students make

CMU in comparison to their
annual salary.
“As a graduate employee
at CMU … my classes alone
make CMU at least $130,320
per year, and I only make
$10,300 per year,” one sign
read.
Campbell said the bargaining team picked the
EHS building because it
houses the bargaining meetings with administration.
Rachel Hackett, a biology
teaching assistant, said professors and faculty members
came to talk throughout the
morning, and the gradeins have been valuable in
bringing their views to the
administration’s attention.
“We’re doing the sit-ins to
show to the administration
the TAs at the college are
behind the bargaining committee, and it’s not just TAs
who have these concerns,”
Hackett said.
Some of the GSU’s major
concerns include the lack of
employer-sponsored health
insurance and available
materials, as well as reducing the delay on their first
paycheck.
Hackett said despite other
CMU employees receiving
paychecks after the first two
weeks of classes, GAs deal
with a much longer delay.

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Director of Student Publications candidate Jim Knight answers questions from
the public during an open forum Tuesday afternoon in the Central Michigan Life
conference room in Moore Hall.

Vice President of Enrollment and Student Services
Steven Johnson said Central
Michigan University will
adapt its enrollment strategies.
The state of Michigan has
seen the second-highest decrease in high school graduates in the nation, and Johnson said it’s important for
CMU to continue recruiting
students, despite the smaller
selection of graduates.
“We have to compete for
fewer and fewer students,”
Johnson said during Tuesday’s Academic Senate meeting. “We have to find some
other market in which to
recruit.”
According to Johnson, the
state is expecting a 15-percent
decline in high school graduates by 2020.
For the 2013 fall semester,
undergraduate applicants are
down seven percent, admitted students are down 12
percent, and student orientation payments are down 20
percent at CMU. For transfer
students, an eight-percent
decrease has been noted for

Finalist addresses concern
over conflict of interest
Knight: ‘Accountability and
transparency’ will make this work
By Justin Hicks
Senior Reporter

KIRSTEN KEARSE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Mark Shelton discusses the possibility of having fixed-term faculty representation on the
Senate Tuesday at the Academic Senate meeting in Pearce 138.

both applicants and admitted
students.
“We want to make sure we
position ourselves to have
the right number of students
at our university,” Johnson
said. “We need to go deeper
to understand the students

we’re looking to recruit at
this institution.”
During the presentation,
Johnson highlighted some
of the enrollment challenges facing CMU, including
increased competition with
other institutions and college

affordability.
“We have done our best to
maintain (college affordability),” Johnson said. “Unfortunately, students are still
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Director of Student Media
and Publications finalist Jim
Knight wasted no time in
addressing the “elephant in
the room” Tuesday during
his public interview.
Knight, a 1984 Central
Michigan University alum,
was the first of three finalists for the position to hold a
public interview for the position, whose duties include
overseeing and advising
Central Michigan Life and
The Central Review.
“Yes, my wife is (Associate
Vice president of Communications) Sherry Knight,”
Knight said in front of more
than 40 students, faculty and
media board members. “She
runs the communications
department here at CMU,
and there are times when
her office and what you do

here — they don’t always
match up.”
Rather than deny any
conflict of interest, Knight
agreed his marital relationship was an obstacle, though
it is one he said can be
worked through.
“My take on it is we can
find the accountability and
transparency to make this
work, (but) I can’t do that
alone,” he said. “You can’t
watchdog yourself, so you
have to build in a system
that makes it work, and
that’s this room.”
Professor of Journalism
Jiafei Yin told Knight she
doesn’t doubt his personal
and professional integrity,
but is concerned about a
shift in the public’s perception of CM Life due to his
marriage.
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EVENTS
CALENDAR
TODAY

w Honors Recital

Central Michigan University’s
School of Music presents the
Honors recital at 11 a.m. today in
Staples Family Concert Hall. This
concert is free and open to the
public.
w Model Driven Decision Making

Brown Bag Series
The Institute for Health and
Business Insight (IHBI@CMU),
located in the College of Health
Professions, offers monthly
lectures on applied research
topics. The next meeting, “ModelDriven Decision Making,” will be
held today, in the Community
Seminar Room (HP 2150),
from 12:00-1:00. Desserts and
refreshments will be provided.

w University Band & Wind

Symphony Chamber Winds
The School of Music presents
the University Band and Wind
Symphony Chamber Winds in
concert at 8 p.m. today, in Staples
Family Concert Hall. This concert is
free and open to the public.

TODAY AND TOMORROW
w Rural Impressions

by Alan Maciag
CMU resident and alumni Alan
Maciag presents realist paintings
focusing on the beauty of
nature. Exhibit will be held in
the Baber room from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. The event is free and open
to the public.

w Sociology in the Visual

An exhibit exploring the visual
dimensions of social life in
Michigan and other parts of the
United States will be presented
by CMU SOC 100 students. Open
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
on the Third Floor Exhibit Area
in the library. The event is free
and open to the public
w The Petri Series: Benzene

The exhibit features the work
of Maria Michails, the 2012-2013
Stephen L. Barstow Artist-inResidence for the Department of Art
& Design, located at the University
Art Gallery: West Gallery. Open from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is free
and open to the public.

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graduating in debt.”
The Enrollment Management Committee, whose
role is to provide advice and
council for CMU on enrollment, has met three times
this year.
Some of the committee’s
initiatives include reviewing and verifying academic
program offerings, promoting four-year graduation,
and reviewing and updating
the undergraduate admission criteria.
The committee is exploring making changes to the
admissions process and
reviewing financial aid
distribution.

SHARED GOVERNANCE

The Senate discussed and
approved the final report
for the Shared Governance
and Communications Committee and approved the
creation of the first Senate
Standing Committee.
This committee is
charged with oversight of
shared governance operations at CMU.
“There will be 12 people
on the committee,” Academic Senate Chairman
and Co-Chair of SGCC Jim
McDonald said previously.
“Chairing the committee will be one member of
administration and one faculty member to be selected
by the A-Senate.”

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“For reasons not explained to us, we’re required to show up for most
of our programs two weeks
before school starts for orientation and training, but
we don’t get paid until four
weeks after school starts,”
she said.
One sheet on the wall
read, “I am a COM 101
teacher at CMU, and I don’t
have the necessary materials to do my job.”
Another read, “I teach
Eng 101, and I am paid as
much as Pres. Ross’ annual
furniture budget.”
Monday was the second
and final grade-in of the
year, but Campbell said there
could be more scheduled in
the fall if a tentative agreement isn’t reached by then.
Campbell said the university has expressed hope of
reaching a tentative agreement by the end of May.
Contract bargaining began
Feb. 15 on the smaller issues
of its platform.
“We do have 24 issues
out on the table, and we
only have two issues signed
as far as a tentative agree-

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McDonald said the committee will meet twice a
year to discuss ideas for
shared governance and
report any suggestions
they’ve received over the
course of the year.
“This committee will also
prepare an annual report to
share with the university
community,” McDonald said.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

FIXED-TERM FACULTY
REPRESENTATION

Tuesday’s meeting also
brought discussion on allowing some of CMU’s 350
fixed-term faculty members to be represented in
A-Senate.
Currently, fixed-term faculty members are allowed
to serve on committees
but are not allowed in the
Senate.
“I’m sure many of you
already appreciate the presence of fixed-term faculty on campus,” Union of
Teaching Faculty President
Mark Shelton said.
While there is some support within A-Senate for
the inclusion of fixed-term
faculty, it is still unclear
what protocol is best for
CMU in either allowing or
not allowing fixed-term faculty to have representation.
Shelton said one idea
is to have one fixed-term
faculty member from each
college represented on the
A-Senate.
A-Senate meetings are
done for the semester and
will resume in the fall.
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ment,” she said. “We are
one-twelfth of the way
there.”
Executive Director of
Faculty Personnel Services
Matt Serra released a statement Tuesday, which reads:
“Central Michigan University continues to negotiate in good faith with the
Graduate Student Union.
The bargaining teams have
met 16 times since Feb. 15,
working toward a collective
bargaining agreement that
is fair and equitable to all
parties involved.”
Mathematics Graduate
Assistant Jim Kowalski
said the administration’s
bargaining points include
adjusting contract language
on tuition remission, making changes to comply with
new labor laws, allowing
contracts to be terminated
upon expiration and requiring supervisors to evaluate
GAs yearly, rather than each
semester.
Kowalski said the administration and GSU reached
a tentative agreement
Monday to adjust GA evaluations to a yearly basis.
The GSU was recognized
in 2009 and started its current contract in 2010, which
is set to expire this summer.

CHARLOTTE BODAK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Mount Pleasant ROTC members Megan McBride, left, and Jessica Slavin, right, sit and talk before their last Physical
Training test of the semester Tuesday morning inside of the Indoor Activity Center.

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“I don’t think you have
control of public perception;
that’s out of your hands,” Yin
said. “Just the perception
is probably going to compromise the integrity and
credibility of CM Life, and I
think that’s going to be a big
sacrifice.”
Knight responded to Yin’s
concerns by citing Bob Steele,
director of The Prindle
Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. He talked
to Steele over the weekend
about the job and the controversy surrounding it.
Steele said conflicts of interest happen in every newsroom — some big and some
small. While these particular
circumstances are notable,
Knight said the question is
whether what he can bring
to the table is enough to
make it work at CMU.
“What I’ve got to show
you today is what I’ve
learned, what I can bring to
you, why I still care about
CM Life 30 years after I’ve
been here, why I still have
passion and why I wouldn’t
allow it to be a problem,
because I would demand the
accountability and accessi-

bility,” he said.
Knight held editorlevel positions at the Huron
(Mich.) Daily Tribune,
Annapolis (Md.) Capital-Gazette, Jackson Citizen Patriot
and Ann Arbor News/annarbor.com. He is currently the
manager of human resources
communications at the University of Michigan.
He said his experience in
the newsroom has given him
an idea of what employers
are looking for today from
young journalists, which he
believes will give CM Life
reporters an edge over the
competition.
“I’m here to make CM Life
as strong as it can be, to help
each and every one of you
thrive in this business — not
just survive,” he said. “Why
would I put myself through
this? Because I really believe
I could make a difference.”
Knight has had experience analyzing metrics to
determine reader preferences and said he would
incorporate more interaction
with reporters and readers through using polls and
having reporters respond to
comments online.
From a business standpoint, Knight said he would
explore every possible
source of revenue to keep
the newspaper independent
from the university and free

of charge.
Knight’s close relationship
with selection committee
member Sandy Petykiewicz,
former publisher of the Jackson Citizen Patriot, was also
a topic of discussion, though
Knight said he doesn’t believe the friendship should
have forced her to exclude
herself from the search committee charged with selecting the new director.
Dave Clark, editor-in-chief
of The Big Rapids Pioneer,
and Keith Gave, coordinator
of The Washtenaw Voice,
Washtenaw Community
College’s student publication, will hold their public
interviews today.
Clark will meet from 1
until 1:30 p.m. in the CM Life
conference room, followed
by Gave from 1:30 to 2 p.m.
The candidates will also
meet with Kathy Simon, assistant director of CM Life,
and take a campus tour.
The Media Board will
choose the final two candidates, and Provost Gary
Shapiro will have the final
decision.
The job opening comes
after Neil Hopp, director of
student media and publications, made plans to retire
this year, concluding nearly
50 years in journalism.
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in every apartment
New this Fall at
The Village at Bluegrass

Central Michigan University has begun to place
an emphasis on recruitment
in light of declining college enrollment figures and
decreasing yield rates.
As reported earlier this
year, decreasing enrollment
trends are affecting nearly
every university in the
Mid-American Conference,
including CMU. Kent State
University was the only
school in the conference not
to see an enrollment decline
this year.
“The amount of high
school seniors within the
state are declining and will
continue to do so,” Associate Director of Admissions
Kevin Williams said via
email. “The state of Michigan has 15 public universities, 29 community colleges
and 55 private colleges, all
of which are scrambling to
recruit from a very finite
pool of students.”
CMU has seen a 2.5-percent decrease in enrollment
since 2010 – a decline of
nearly 700 students.
“You are more likely to
recruit a student if they take
the opportunity to visit your
campus,” Williams said.
“That’s why we are overly
concerned with the overall
appearance of CMU. Central
Michigan University has the
reputation for having one of
the nicest campuses in the
state of Michigan.”
The average four-year
university spent $2,311 per
student on recruitment in
2011, according to a National
Association for College Admissions Counseling report.
Yield rates, which is the
percentage of students
who actually enroll upon
admission, has declined
eight percent since 2002 for
public colleges and universities. Yield rates are down 12
percent for private schools,
according to the NACAC
report.
According to Williams,
CMU is hosting several
“yield activities” to bring
prospective students to campus in hopes of increasing
future enrollment.
Each of the six colleges
that comprise CMU will
host an open house over the
summer to offer students
and parents the opportunity
to visit campus during the
summer months.
“Our campus is always
beautiful during the summer,” Williams said.
CMU and You Day Sept.
29 will serve as a universitywide open house to offer
students and parents the

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not know what to think
when she first heard of the
bombings.
“I was shocked and
didn’t quite believe it at
first,” Neveu said. “As
more and more came out, I
realized how real it was.”
Neveu jumped at the
chance to participate
when a friend told her
about the run.
“As a runner, I think
it feels really good to
do something that was
directly involved with the
event to support it,” Neveu
said. “All of our support
goes out to the victims.”

A bill is being pushed by state
Rep. Kevin Cotter, R-Mount
Pleasant, that would favor most
college students who are having
trouble balancing school, work
and jury duty.
Full-time students who are
studying at a university, college
or community college would
be eligible to postpone their
jury service should the bill be
adopted, Cotter said.
“College
students are
busy focusing on their
studies, and
this bill would
allow them to
request their
jury duty
Kevin Cotter
service be
postponed,” Cotter said. “They
would simply need to notify
the court they are a full-time
student and they are requesting
a postponement.”
Seven other state representatives, Republican and Democrat
alike, have co-sponsored House
Bill 4570, Cotter said.
“Being available to serve on a
jury is a civic duty we all share,”
he said. “But, for students, we
can make it easier on them
while they are in school by postponing their service to a time
that won’t impact their class
schedule.”
Howell junior Sean Palmer
said the bill would benefit
college students by adding
some ﬂexibility to their busy
schedules.
“(The bill) would be nice.
That way, a student wouldn’t
have to miss class or an exam
because of jury duty,” Palmer
said. “I’ve heard it can be inconvenient.”
All registered voters are eligible to serve jury duty. Palmer
said he is currently a registered
voter, but has not had the opportunity to vote yet.
However, Palmer would not
consider taking part in a jury
until he is working full-time.
“Maybe once I had a fulltime job, I could get some time
off work. If it were right now,
it would be horrible because
of finals, work and classes,”
Palmer said. “I would definitely
support (the bill) when it goes
in to be voted on.”
Shelbyville senior Jane
Linsea has never served on a
jury, but said she would use it
to her full advantage if she was
forced to.
“For any college student, to
have this bill would be good.
If you have class, (jury duty)
would be time-consuming,”
Linsea said. “I also wonder if
some professors wouldn’t be
supportive of it.”
Linsea said she voted last
election, so she has a chance of
being picked from the jury pool.

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Mount Pleasant resident Nate Kolbe, left, and Beal City residents Elton and Charlie Clark run along S. Mission Street near Stadium Mall during a 5K run that raised
funds for the victims of last week’s Boston Marathon bombings.

More than 40 people took part in a
5K Monday evening to raise money
and awareness for the victims of last
week’s Boston Marathon bombings.
Josh Berghuis, manager of Runners
Performance, 2316 S. Mission St.,
helped coordinate the event, which
started in the parking lot of Stadium
Mall.
“This is the day when
everyone nationwide is
doing the run,” Berghuis
said. “It’s just phenomenal
to see all these runner
groups coming together
running for a cause.”
The 2.62-mile run was
proposed by the Independent Running Retailers Association in order to raise
support and awareness for
the bombing’s victims.
“We tried to keep
(runners) on side streets
and away from Mission
Street. We’re basically just
following sidewalks,” Berghuis said. “We decided
on this route because the
Boston Marathon is about
26.2 miles, so we basically
moved the decimal over
and made it 2.62 miles.”
The participating
runners started in the
Stadium Mall parking lot
and ran along Broomfield Street to West

Campus Drive, then took
East Campus Drive and
eventually looped back to
Broomfield.
The store sold gray
shirts at $20 each that
read “Runners for Boston,”
with all proceeds going
to onefundboston.org; a
fund set up by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick
and Boston Mayor Tom
Menino.
Chad Van Slembrouck,
executive sales manager for all four Runners
Performance stores in
Mount Pleasant, Midland,
Saginaw and Bay City, said
they chose this as the goto fund to help put money
where it was most needed.
“This is a national event
that running specialty
stores are participating
in,” Van Slembrouck said.
“All the shirts are being
made at different stores all
over the country, but this

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Runners Performance Store Manager Josh Berghuis leads the 5K run in support
of the Boston Marathon bombings Tuesday evening in the Stadium Mall parking
lot. Berghuis and other runners wore shirts reading “Runners for Boston,”
which were made and distributed by Runners Performance.

“it’s just phenomenal to see all these runner
groups coming together running for a cause.”
Josh Berghuis, manager of Runners Performance
is the only store taking
part in Mount Pleasant.”
Van Slembrouck said
he was surprised by the
turnout and was glad to be
there to give some support
and take part in the run.
“It’s been a tough week
overall for everybody, but
it has been interesting
how our running community has come together,”
Van Slembrouck said. “In
each location, we know
people who were there
and ran in the marathon.
It really kind of hit home
for some people.”
Sault Ste. Marie sophomore Rebecca Neveu ran
in the 5K and said she did

Yong Zhao pushes for a more passion-focused educational system
By Neil Rosan
Staff Reporter

Internationally renowned
scholar Yong Zhao pushed
for a focus on creativity and
student interests in school during his presentation at Central
Michigan University Tuesday.
Zhao, the presidential
chairman and associate dean
for Global Education at the
University of Oregon, said
a student’s passion is what
makes a great education, and
the education system should
help students succeed in their
passion.
“A good education is what
students make it. They need
to have a passion, spend time
working with their passion,
and then they will arrive at
a great education,” he said.
“Education should allow each
student to find out what they
are interested in and make
them great at it. Students have
to believe they can be useful,
no matter what they are interested in.”

Zhao, speaking as a part of
the CMU T.R. Johnson Endowment Speaker Series, said
changes in the global economy
have made creativity-based
education a necessity.
“Schools were not built to
make creative people,” he said.
“We used to need people who
had a basic set of similar skills.
That has changed today. We
are in the 21st century. Surely,
every talent can be useful, but
you have to be great at it. If students have a passion, they have
to do something with it.”
He also spoke about the
United States’ success in
instilling a sense of confidence
in its students. According to
Zhao, the American educational system is creating more
entrepreneurs than many other
leading nations, because it
gives its students a strong sense
of confidence.
He gave the audience a
metaphor as to why the U.S.
educational system still works.
“China’s educational system
is like a sausage maker that

makes only sausage, but really
good sausage. The U.S. educational system is like a sausage
maker that makes sausage, but
also makes bacon,” Zhao said.
Zhao gave the audience
advice on becoming successful and how to improve their
confidence, as well as the confidence of their students.
“If you have identified what
you are good at, stop focusing on your weaknesses and
enhance your strengths,” he
said. “I encourage everyone to
look real hard at what they are
good at. As educators, we have
to look at students, find their
strengths and create a curriculum that will allow them to
ﬂourish.”
Zhao said he believes the
U.S. educational system could
be improved, but it is not a
total failure as some make it
out to be.
“If an education keeps kids
out of their parents’ basements,
I think it is a success,” he said.
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Yong Zhao, presidential chairman and associate dean for Global Education at the University of Oregon, speaks during his
presentation “World Class Education” Tuesday evening at the French Auditorium in the Education and Human Services Building.

The Greek community
fundraised $22,206.61 for
The Jenna Kast Believe
in Miracles Foundation
through a variety of events
during this year’s Greek
Week.
Greek Week is a weeklong event, where several
chapters come together to
compete against one another, fundraise for a certain
organization and promote
the Greek community.
This year, the Greeks
chose The Jenna Kast Believe in Miracles Foundation as their philanthropy.
The foundation has a
mission of helping children
who are living with lifethreatening diseases and
conditions by giving them
gifts to help spread hope
and joy, according to its
website.
Each event held throughout the week included an
entry fee, but the largest
portion of the total money
raised came from the
“Penny Wars” event.
“Our biggest fundraiser
for the week was Penny
Wars,” Washington senior
and Greek Week Co-Chair
Erica Lagos said. “Each
group that participated in
the week had a different
penny war bin, and, from
that alone, we raised more
than $12,000.”
During the event, pennies were counted as positive points, and any cash or
silver coins were counted
as negative points.
Lagos said she felt the
most rewarding part of
the fundraising process
was watching the Greek
community come together
to raise money for the
children.
“Without a doubt, being able to announce that
we’ve raised more than
$22,000 was phenomenal,”
Lagos said. “But, being able
to say that a community
of just 1,200 people did it
made it just so much more
rewarding.”
In addition to Penny
Wars, the Greek community also sold “Believe in
Miracles” bracelets around
campus and displayed banners where students could
place their handprints and
names.
Hubbard Lake Senior
Nick Stepaniak said several members of different
chapters also raised money
by selling at least one $5

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CoUrtesy Photo oF Jenna Kast belieVe in MiraCles FoUnDation

Troy freshman James Sterba, left, and Michigan State freshman Brett Kast, right,
hold a check written out to The Jenna Kast Believe in Miracles Foundation for
$22,206.61.

“it’s awesome knowing such a large group
of 18, 19, 20 and 21-year-olds have made
such a big difference in the community
in just a week.”
Nick Stepaniak, Hubbard Lake senior
ticket to a person who was
not involved in the Greek
community.
“For the fundraising, this
is the most we raised since
I’ve been here in 2009,”
Stepaniak, who also served
as a Greek Week co-chair,
said. “Last year, we raised
more than $11,000, and,
this year, we doubled that
with more than $22,000.”
The Greek community chose to donate their
proceeds to the Jenna
Kast Believe in Miracles
Foundation, despite several
organizations showing an
interest in receiving the
money.
Junior Jennifer Josey of
Hopkins said several organizations were interested
in becoming the philanthropy for Greek Week.
“We sent out a questionnaire and based (our decision) off that,” Josey, Greek
Week co-chair said. “We
picked which philanthropy
we thought would raise
the most awareness. And,
The Jenna Kast Believe in
Miracles Foundation hit
home, because one of our
members of the Greek community started it in high
school, so it was something
to give back to him and his
family for starting it.”
Josey said after making such a large amount of
money, the Greek community still wants to raise
their standards and strive
for continued success.
“Each year, when you go
into Greek Week knowing
how much you’ve raised
before as a community, we
always want to outdo what
we’ve done before,” Josey
said. “We always want to
make the best of what we
can and raise more money
and be better.”

Maine junior Blake Foster said this year’s Greek
Week was definitely the
most prevalent he’s seen
since joining a fraternity
in 2011.
“It was easily the most
competitive Greek Week
we’ve had in a long time,”
Foster said. “Top team to
bottom team, there was
maybe 150 points difference. It was super close.
It’s never been that close in
the past.”
Stepaniak said it’s not
easy to go against Greek
stereotypes, but he hopes
that people will realize
Greek Week isn’t the only
time Greeks come together
and raise money for philanthropies.
“We’ve raised probably
more than $100,000 as a
community this year in all
of our isolated events that
were put on by single chapters,” Stepaniak said. “So,
Greek Week is just one of
probably 15 or 20 philanthropic endeavors we as a
Greek community participate in it.”
Overall, Lagos said this
was a great accomplishment for the Greek community, as a whole, ranging
from freshmen to seniors.
“It’s awesome knowing
such a large group of 18, 19,
20 and 21-year-olds have
made such a big difference
in the community in just
a week,” she said. “I think
everyone should be so
proud of themselves doing
that in college, being so
young.”
studentlife@cm-life.com

Two bills being considered in the Michigan
Legislature would require
welfare recipients to be
drug tested and children
to attend a certain number
of school days in order to
receive benefits.
One bill, recently reintroduced in the House
of Representatives, would
initiate a suspicion-based
substance abuse testing
program for welfare recipients in Michigan’s Family
Independence Program.
Rep. Jeff Farrington, RUtica, first introduced the
drug-testing bill after he
said his constituents were
concerned with state aid
and taxpayer dollars being
used to purchase illegal
narcotics.
Central Michigan
University College Republicans Vice Chair Jon
Bloomberg expressed
similar concerns, saying
it is improper for drugs to
be purchased with welfare
dollars.
“If people can’t pass a
drug test, it shows they are
getting drugs,” Bloomberg
said. “If people can’t pass a
drug test, they don’t have a
right to welfare.”
Several campus leaders
have questioned the proposals, including Student
Government Association
President Marie Reimers,

“if people can’t pass a drug test, they don’t
have a right to welfare.”
Jon Bloomberg, CMU College Republicans Vice Chair
who said the bill was an
infringement upon basic
human rights.
“I believe access to food,
shelter and safety is a basic
human right, regardless
of the circumstance,” the
Saginaw junior said.
Both Reimers and CMU
College Democrats Vice
President and Comstock
Park sophomore Taylor
Gehrcke said the bill is
costly and ineffective,
drawing parallels to a
similar bill Florida enacted
in 2011.
Florida analysts predicted the drug-testing
program would cost $178
million in the fiscal year.
However, only 2 percent of
those examined by the program yielded positive test
results. In total, the state
received approximately
$60,000 in returns from
those who tested positive,
thus resulting in a massive
program deficit.
Another bill currently in
committee would require
some families to ensure
their children attend a certain number of school days
in order to gain welfare
benefits or else risk losing
welfare benefits.
This bill, which has yet

to be voted upon in committee, would end family
welfare benefits if a child
under the age of 16 is unable to meet certain school
attendance requirements.
The Department of Human Services enacted this
policy in October 2012, but
the bill would incorporate
the policy into law, ensuring its continuation in
future administrations.
Gehrcke said the bill
goes too far.
“Parents can only highly
encourage the children
to go to school; at older
ages, how can the parents ensure their kids are
attending school?” Gehrcke said. “But even more
importantly, with many
cuts occurring across the
board in Michigan, where
adequate transportation is
not provided, it is not fair
for the individual to be penalized because of a lack of
transportation to school.”
As it stands, the Michigan League for Public
Policy estimates the typical
family of three receives
$492 in state-provided
cash assistance.
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The pressure is on.
The students of Central Michigan University’s RPL 318G: The
Organization and Administration
of Basketball Festivals course are
entering the final week, leading
to the event they have spent all
semester planning.
Taught by Recreation, Parks
and Leisure Instructor Lori
Irwin and Assistant Professor of
Recreation, Parks and Leisure
Timothy Otteman, the class is
preparing for the fifth-annual
CMU Gus Macker basketball
tournament, to be held Saturday
and Sunday in the parking lot at
Finch Fieldhouse.
“It’s a basketball festival,
which is different from a tournament,” Irwin said. “There are
wheelchair basketball games
on the side. There are adult and
kids’ dunk contests, performances and other special events.”
CMU was the first college in
Gus Macker history to host a
tournament organized entirely
by students in 2010. The 2009
tournament was organized by
the Gus Macker Organization.
The 28 students in the class
were each assigned to one or
more teams in the planning phase

of the event. Each of the teams
worked on different aspects of
the tournament, such as organizing the special events and setting
up sales of sponsored merchandise throughout the semester.
Harrison senior Tisha Gazley
is charged with the public address and announcement at the
tournament. Gazley was also
part of the events team, working
on the opening ceremonies and
post-party.
She said she enjoyed the
autonomy she had working on
the project.
“Tim and Lori let us have
free reign and kind of do what
we wanted,” Gazley said. “I
definitely learned a lot.”
The class members are not
the only students involved in the
festival. About 90 students will
be volunteering to help out with
the event, including professional
sales, athletic training students
and ROTC members.
The 3-on-3 basketball tournament was started in 1974 by
CMU alum Scott McNeal, when
a friendly competition between
18 friends in McNeal’s driveway
turned into a national movement.
According to their website, the
Gus Macker organization is celebrating its 40th anniversary this
year and has hosted tournaments

in more than 75 cities, attracting
more than 1.7 million spectators.
The Gus Macker Organization held several tournaments
at CMU in the 1980s, when
the organization was based in
Michigan, McNeal said. This
tradition continued in 2009,
when McNeal returned to CMU
and hosted a tournament to raise
money for the construction of
the Dick Parfitt Gymnasium
located in the Events Center.
While attending the event,
McNeal talked to Otteman about
the involvement of student volunteers in the tournament.
“(McNeal) said, ‘Do you think
we could ever do this thing entirely with students?’” Otteman
said. “That idea was cultivated,
we had some meetings, and we
created the class.”
McNeal said he believes other
colleges will follow CMU’s example and host student-created
Gus Macker tournaments in the
future.
“CMU is our test model, and
it’s gone really well,” McNeal
said. “It’s a lot of work to get it
into an academic setting, but
we’d like to do it in other places.”
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Amy Robinson knew she
had her story.
Robinson spoke to a
woman who was stunned
after seeing the Violence
Room, a room containing a
mockup of a lynching tree;
the focal point of the Jim
Crow Museum of Racist
Memorabilia in Big Rapids.
“It was a lady who was
raised in the Upper Peninsula, and she was looking
at the exhibit,” she said.
“’I didn’t know this happened,’ she said.”
The Central Michigan University Public
Broadcasting Radio news
producer won the 2013
Edward R. Murrow Award
for Feature Reporting
from the Radio Television
Digital News Association
for her feature, “Jim Crow
Museum Teaches Tolerance.”
Robinson said she wanted to show how important
the history of racial violence in America is to the
museum’s founder, David
Pilgrim.
“It’s been a passion of
his to show what’s out
there,” she said. “He really wants it to be a place
where people can go to
talk about these issues that
have crippled our country
in the past, so it doesn’t
cripple us in the future.”

Pilgrim has been amassing a wide collection of
racist, historical material
since he was a teenager.
“I love taking stories
that are local and bringing
them to a national audience,” Robinson said.
The story, which aired
nationally on National
Public Radio last year, was
nominated by the station
in February.
“I knew it was going in,”
she said. “We try to keep
our ears open for stories to
submit to contests. It was
getting some good feedback with national editors
at NPR.”
She won the award for
Region 7, which includes
stories from Michigan,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
CMU Public Radio
Director John Sheffler
said in a news release the
feature is considered one
of the best to be put out
last year.
“That speaks volumes
about both this story and
Amy’s talents in telling the
story,” Sheffler said in the
release.
The story was also
nominated for an award by
the National Association of
Black Journalists.
NPR Senior Editor for
Diversity Luis Clemens
said Robinson’s story pitch
stood out amid a sea of
other pitches.
“The pitch caught my

enrollment |
continued from 3A
chance to see campus when
more than 20,000 students
are back for classes.
According to Williams,
students and their families
will be able to gather more
information regarding their
majors and minors, speak
with professors and department chairpersons, take a
tour of campus, and enjoy
lunch and a home football
game for free.
Prospective students
with a minimum 3.5 GPA
will be able to attend a sep-

arate event Jan. 26 to meet
with academic advisers.
The event, which includes a free dinner, will
also give students and their
families free admission
to the CMU vs. Western
Michigan University home
basketball game.
Although Williams
stresses the importance
of bringing prospective
students to campus, the
Office of Admissions will
also be taking the show on
the road.

eye,” Clemens said. “The
notion that someone would
compile such a large collection of hateful material
was striking. The person
who put the collection
together had an interesting
back story, and it struck
me as a story that was worthy of national interest.”
Clemens said he still remembers hearing the story
for the first time.
“It had a gut-level impact of emotion of what
she was saying,” he said.
“We talk about wanting to
provide something to our
listeners that gives them
an emotional connection and creates a sense
of intimacy. Hearing her
comment, it was a blow to
the gut.”
Clemens said Robinson’s
quotes from the woman
looking at the exhibit
helped piece the story
together.
“When you have that
kind of interview and
that kind of material, it
becomes a lot easier to
put together the story,”
he said. “You know it will
affect people, and people
will sense the emotional
impact.”
NPR has 822 member
stations, including CMU
Public Broadcasting, and
34.2 million weekly listeners for all NPR stations.
university@cm-life.com

“We will visit seven local cities, getting students
prepared for freshman
orientation,” Williams said.
“We will spend the evening
with admitted students
only discussing how to sign
up for orientation, how to
pick your residence hall
and roommates, financial
aid packages and support
services.”
The admissions team will
also give out CMU backpacks and official CMU
student ID cards during
these pre-orientation receptions.
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VOICES

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
– The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

nation has breathed a sigh of relief, and, for
the most part, has stepped back a bit from its
television screens.

With the tireless hunt for two
individuals over, another discussion
arises surrounding protocol if another event with potential to bring a
city to its knees might occur.
After identifying the suspects, law
enforcement officials told residents of
Boston and the surrounding suburbs,
including Watertown, where suspect
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found Friday
night, to “shelter in place,” effectively
shutting down a major metropolitan
area for about 10 hours.
The FBI, Boston and Watertown
police departments, and other law
enforcement agencies deserve plenty of credit and thanks for catching
Tsarnaev, but making a precedent

out of locking down a city to search
for a suspect would be a mistake.
This was a reaction made in
the aftermath of a terrorist attack
in the heart of one of America’s
iconic cities.
Any law enforcement agency
looking to Boston as an example of
how to catch a suspect wanted for
murder or some other serious crime
is not thinking straight.
Shutting down entire cities at will will
set the country down the wrong path.
With Boston on lockdown, residents were asked to remain in their
homes, or wherever they happened
to be when the “shelter-in-order”
advisory was announced, only to be
evacuated by the FBI to search their
homes within the same day.
Not only will a habitual shutting
down of cities set the country down
the wrong path, but the measures
taken have the possibility of instilling a heightened fear or paranoia
into America.
Although Boston residents were

kept safe, they were also isolated from
the community when a sense of solidarity and support was most needed.
While about 625,000 Boston
residents were asked not to leave
their homes or answer their doors,
businesses lost between $250 and
$333 million, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Indeed, authorities lifted the
lockdown, and soon Tsarnaev was
located a couple blocks outside of
the perimeter they set up, thanks to
the watchful eyes of a Watertown
resident.
So, why not use that as the
precedent?
Law enforcement told locals to
be on the lookout for suspicious
behavior and continued to look for
Tsarnaev on their own without a
lockdown. That proved successful and did nothing to hurt local
businesses or infringe upon our
rights, which should be taken into
consideration before deciding to
lockdown a city.

[ EDITORIAL CARTOON- CARTER ]

After three years, I still
can’t write a headline

Find balance,
learn, be happy
Emily Grove
Senior Reporter
Four years ago, I came to college with the same mindset I
think many students have — I’m
about to rock this place.
With everything organized perfectly, I moved into my residence
hall and was ready to take on the
world ... or, at least Mount Pleasant.
Life was good in Barnes Hall.
My roommates never tried to
poison me, residential restaurant
food only made me ill 50 percent
of the time, and classes were going fantastically — that is, except
for one.
My Introduction to Political
Science class was the most upsetting thing to happen to me since
Emma went down to the ravine on
Degrassi.
Depressing. Disappointing.
Embarrassing. I couldn’t even talk
about it.
No matter how hard I worked
or the hours I would study, I just
could not get good grades in that
class. I was losing my mind.
Me. The salutatorian of my
graduating class (who would’ve

been valedictorian if it wasn’t for
one stupid A-). That in itself was
a fact I dwelled on for way longer
than I should have and ...
(Pause for a breath.)
That’s exactly the point of this
column.
Striving for perfection will
drive you bananas, especially in
college. My take on the whole
thing? College, and even life, is all
about balance.
First off, I’m not saying to disregard goals or expectations. You
should reach for the stars or the
moon or some other high place
(Just don’t go for the sun. It’s too
hot, and you aren’t even supposed
to look at it directly).
But, if you set giant goals, give
yourself a little wiggle room and
don’t beat yourself up if you fail.
It happens.
Your entire life, you will be
searching to find your limits and
figuring out how to balance. College is just the arena to test a few
things out.
You’ll learn how much time you
should put into a paper versus
how much time you should spend
watching a Boy Meets World
marathon with your roommates.
You’ll determine how many
times a week your wallet and your

digestive system can handle eating Taco Bell.
Eventually, and after many
tries, you’ll figure out how much
Captain Morgan to pour into your
mixed drinks.
In all these things, finding a
balance is key.
I promise, even on the days you
want to lose your mind, you’ll feel
better if you take a deep breath
and realize this probably won’t
matter one year from now. Do
your best to balance the stress,
drama, school and work.
Lastly, although I advocate testing out new things and people will
constantly tell you college is about
experimenting, I implore you to still
make (mostly) thoughtful decisions.
I don’t think there is a ravine
in Mount Pleasant, but, if there
is, in actuality or metaphorically,
don’t go there! Just Google how
that turned out for Emma — not
pleasant.
Adios, Central Michigan University. It’s been a sufficiently
weird, great experience.
EDITOR’S NOTE: For those of
you dying in anticipation to know
how my class turned out, I ended
up with a nice, beautiful C. Of
which, I’ve never been prouder.

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Next week, an 8 a.m. phone call
will no longer mean there has been
an armed robbery in Mount Pleasant
or that the former student who allegedly poisoned her roommate has
pleaded guilty.
Next week, I will no longer be
working for Central Michigan Life.
So, an early morning phone call will
more likely mean Grandma wants to
go shopping or I need to make the
trek to Lexington Ridge Apartments
to help a friend find their car after
a particularly eventful night at The
Bird.
For three years, CM Life has
been a seemingly hefty staple of my
college career, which has and will
continue to be a strong talking point
on my résumé.
Since August, I have served as the
metro editor, fielding through my reporters’ coverage of the vast quantity
of violent crimes at any given point
and perking up when someone says
“prosecutor” or “special-use permit.”
I can’t say I won’t miss the rush
of breaking news and covering the
planning commission meetings
everyone else finds mind-numbingly
boring. But, working in the newsroom has made it clear what I will
do after graduating in just a few
weeks.
I desire to make connections with
people.
That’s part of why it has taken
me so long to realize I would prefer
to stay in academia as a professor,
rather than chase down house fires
and share awkward phone calls with

Hailee Sattavara
Metro Editor
alleged poisoning victims.
And because of this realization, I’ve
been waiting for this job to end for quite
some time. Not because I have haven’t
enjoyed it, but, because like any job,
there is a lot to love and a lot to dislike.
Since August, I have consumed more
pizza and Jimmy Johns sandwiches
than I care to admit, but, mostly, I have
never had so little free time.
But, I can’t say it hasn’t all been
worthwhile. I have enjoyed the people I
have met and everything I have learned
from getting to know those throughout
the city.
And if nothing else, working at CM
Life has made me a great deal less shy
and more comfortable with my own
voice.
Because, as cliché as it sounds, college is really about making connections
and finding out who you are.
I feel confident that the indecision
I’ve felt during my five years at Central
Michigan University has led me to
somewhere worthwhile, and I am content with what I have accomplished.
Now, I’m looking forward to finding
out where next year takes me.

Farewell to the penthouse

Theresa Clift
Staff Reporter
I rode the creaky elevator to the
top floor of Moore Hall and wandered slowly down the dimly lit hall.
It was my first day of college, and
the first of many times that I’d make
that familiar walk. I glanced with
skepticism at the tiny faculty offices
lining the hallway as I passed.
“What can I really learn about
journalism from this quirky bunch
with their funny door decorations?”
I wondered.
Answer: A lot.
J-school instructors are tasked
with teaching the next generation of
muckrakers how to do a tough job
as it goes through an unprecedented
transformation, making it even
more difficult. At schools around
the country, aspiring watchdogs are
learning the inverted pyramid (if it
bleeds, it leads!) and other tricks of
the trade.
It’s no secret Central Michigan
University is not considered one
of the best journalism schools in
the country by the professional
world. According to a recent list by
a blog sponsored by the Associate
Collegiate Press, it’s not even in the
top-50.
Despite its award-winning student newspaper, I began to worry
CMU might be more of a black
eye on my résumé than an asset.
But, upon graduation, I realize
no matter how many Pulitzers
your faculty and alumni have
won, they don’t have one thing:
The penthouse.
They don’t have instructors who

fake their own death in front of the
class in order to teach students how
to write an obituary or who will equip
them with the same green visors and
reporters’ notebooks used by Woodward and Bernstein during Watergate.
They can’t have tea after class with
one of Russia’s finest all-around journalists while Russian music creeps into
the hall.
They don’t get the chance to argue
face-to-face with the members of the
Westboro Baptist Church, visiting campus thanks to a personal invitation by
a media law professor to demonstrate
just how far our First Amendment
rights can go.
And, they probably don’t get their
stories torn apart in front of the class by
the department’s patriarch, who then
invites them out for beer and pizza
after the humiliation.
But, beyond their differences and
quirks, the CMU journalism faculty
all have one thing in common — they
sincerely care about their students.
When many told me I couldn’t make
it in this industry, myself included at
times, they always told me I could.
Today’s journalism industry has no
shortage of doomsayers, but students
who take advantage of the faculty, CM
Life and the strong network of alumni
will be successful. Good reporting jobs
do still exist, and they are obtainable for
those who really want them. The pay
will be low and the hours will be long,
but those who cannot envision themselves doing anything else should take
comfort in knowing they don’t have to.
People still care about the world
around them, where their tax dollars
are going and what their elected officials are really up to.
As I begin my professional reporting
career, I owe a large part of whatever
future success I might have to the
faculty. I will take your lessons, both
professional and personal, along with
me wherever I go.
Long live journalism. Long live
CMU. Long live the penthouse.

cm-life.com

Central Michigan Life || Wednesday, April 24, 2013 || 7A

[SPORTS]

overall pick.”
Now, multiple sports news
outlets, including NFL Network, Sports Illustrated and
Sporting News, have projected
Fisher No. 1 overall.
But, there are still many
analysts picking Joeckel over
Fisher, simply because Fisher
attended CMU, while Joeckel
went to Texas A & M, a school
in the powerful Southeastern
Conference.
This baffles me: an analyst
can say Fisher tested better
and has more potential, but
won’t get picked first.
Yes, the SEC is much stronger than the Mid-American
Conference, but that doesn’t
make the MAC weak.
The MAC is coming off of
its strongest season yet, with
seven bowl bids, including a
trip to the BCS Orange Bowl
for Northern Illinois.
The MAC also has a strong
history of NFL players: Jason
Taylor of Akron, Antonio
Gates and James Harrison
of Kent State, Victor Cruz of
UMass, Ben Roethlisburger
of Miami, Michael Turner of
NIU, and Greg Jennings and
Jason Babin of WMU, to name
a few.
That doesn’t include players from CMU. Joe Staley,
Antonio Brown and Cullen
Jenkins: all Pro-Bowlers, all
Chippewas.
It seems like when MAC
players are taken in the first
round, they pan out.
To me, it’s a no-brainer.
With the first pick of the
2013 NFL Draft, the Kansas
City Chiefs select Eric Fisher,
offensive tackle, Central
Michigan University.

ERIC FISHER ON NFL DRAFT

‘There are only 32 opinions that count right now’
By Ryan Zuke
Staff Reporter

Just like most young
football players, Eric Fisher
always dreamed of playing in
the NFL.
But, the former Central
Michigan University offensive
tackle probably didn’t realize
being a first-round draft pick
and a probable top-five selection would become his reality.
“I think it’s been my dream,
but I don’t think I ever gave
myself credit. So, I just kept
trying to get better and better,”
Fisher said. “And then, I go
down to the Senior Bowl (in
February), and I think that is
when I realized what I was
doing was probably right as far
as work ethic and whatnot. So,
it’s been my dream; I just think
it has gone way further than I
ever could have imagined, but,
maybe that’s what I was working for the whole time.”
It is that work ethic that
has many NFL teams raving
about Fisher’s potential to be
an anchor on the left side of an
offensive line for a number of
years.
But, Fisher’s dedication and
hard-working attitude isn’t a
new development.
His high school coach said
he demonstrated those qualities even as a young player.
“Eric Fisher was always
a very hard worker,” Calvin
Gross, Fisher’s high school
coach at Stoney Creek, told
CMU athletics Monday. “He
was a hard worker in the weight
room; he was a hard worker on
the football field; and not only
was he a hard worker, he was a
person who loved to compete.”
The weeks leading up to the
2013 draft have been different
from past years. The projected
top-10 is much more ambiguous, with experts projecting
Fisher to go to a number of different teams with top picks.
However, Fisher said he has
not paid much attention to
mock drafts and is just looking
forward to an opportunity to
show why he would be a great
addition to an NFL team.
“What I tell people is when
those mock draft experts have a
pick, I’ll pay attention to them,”
he said. “Everyone’s going to
have an opinion, and there are

Kris Lodes
Sports Editor

Take a
chance
Over spring break, I had the
good fortune to take a trip to
New York City for a journalism conference.
While in the Big Apple, I
walked by and took pictures
of Radio City Music Hall, the
place where the NFL Draft is
held every year. As I passed, I
repeated the famous lines I’ve
heard numerous times by NFL
commissioner Roger Goodell
and former commissioner
Paul Tagliabue.
“With the first pick of the
(year) NFL Draft, the (team
name) select (player name),
(position), (college)!”
Months ago, after CMU
offensive lineman Eric Fisher
came on to the scene with an
outstanding showing at the
Senior Bowl, I thought “what
if Fisher goes No. 1, how crazy
would that be?”
Then, at the NFL Combine
in Indianapolis, he tested better than fellow offensive tackle
and projected No. 1 overall
pick Luke Joeckel of Texas A
& M, which made me think;
“wow, this could really happen. CMU could have the No. 1

only 32 opinions that count
right now.”
With all of the hype of the
last few months, Fisher said he
is ready to hear his name called
Thursday so he can get to work
for whatever team he is drafted.
“(The feeling of being
drafted) was very surreal, but
it’s starting to set in now that
it’s getting closer,” Fisher said.
“One of the things I concentrated on the most was just
keeping a level head and staying humble. It’s an absolute
unreal experience, so I’m trying
to take it in, but, you have to
take it in right. I’m just really
excited to go to New York and
hear my name get called. It will
be something I never forget.”
Gross said it is an honor to
have coached Fisher.
“I never dreamt of where
he’s at right now,” Gross said.
“I knew he could possibly play
Division 1 college football because he’s a gifted athlete and
he works so hard; everyone at
Stoney Creek is proud.”

HIS BIGGEST FANS

Fisher said he knows he
would not have made it this far
if it weren’t for the support he
received from those closest to
him—especially his mom, Heidi
Langegger.
“My mom is my biggest fan,
that’s for sure,” Fisher said.

“I think in college, she only
missed like three games home
and away. She’s always been
right there behind me; she’s
always supported me in every
chance I’ve made. She’s very
excited, and I’m really excited
for my family also.”
At times, Fisher said it seems
like his family is even more
excited than him.
“I come from a very blue-collar family, so (being drafted) is
like something nobody has really done in my family before,”
he said. “Nobody has really
done anything to this extent, so
my family is absolutely off the
wall right now.”
The 6-foot-7, 305-pound left
tackle has also received a lot
of support from friends and
former teammates.
“I’ve got my close friends
from back home who I keep in
touch with, and everyone on
my team from CMU is really
excited for me,” Fisher said.
“It’s just great having that core
of people.”
Former high school teammate Mark D’annunzio said the
reality of having a Stoney Creek
alum drafted in the first round
still hasn’t set in yet.
“When he first went to
CMU, I was like ‘good for him,’”
D’annunzio said. “But, none
of us on the team ever really
thought he was going to go pro.”

WHAT CHANGES?

Despite all of the hype, Fisher
insists not much will change
after he gets drafted.
“I think (players change
who they are) a lot in the NFL,”
Fisher said. “But, I know where
I came from, I know who I am
as a person, and I plan on being
that person forever.”
Even with his hectic schedule, Fisher finds time to clear
his mind.
“If you’re 100-percent football all the time, you’ll kind of
lose your mind,” Fisher said.

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Addae hopes to hear his name called
during NFL Draft starting Thursday
By Brandon Champion
Staff Reporter

Former Central Michigan
safety Jahleel Addae had just
completed the second of his
daily workouts Monday, April
15 when he received a text message that has the potential to
change his life.
He checked his phone to find
several text messages, but one
stood above the rest.
“Hey, this is John Harbaugh
with the Baltimore Ravens,”
the text message, received at
3:06 p.m., read. “I just got done
hearing about you in draft
meetings. I just wanted to let
you know we are excited about
the possibility to have you help
us compete for another Super
Bowl. Feel free to text me, and
we can keep in touch leading
up to the draft.”
The text was one of the many
ways NFL teams have shown
interest in Addae in the weeks
leading up to the 2013 NFL
Draft, which begins Thursday
night in New York City.
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound native of Valrico, Fla., has visited
several teams in the past few
weeks, including the Oakland
Raiders, San Francisco 49ers,
New England Patriots and
Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
“It’s a dream come true. Ever
since I was seven-years-old,

I’ve dreamed of playing in the
NFL,” Addae said. “I succeeded
in high school and college, and
now I want to do it at the highest level. I watched my brother
play in the NFL for a short
while; I’m just going to give
thanks to the Lord and work to
become a professional.”
Addae’s brother Jahmile was
a standout at the University of
West Virginia from 2001-05.
In 2006, he was signed as
an undrafted free agent by the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After
playing briefly with the Indianapolis Colts later that season,
he was forced to retire due to
a medical condition called cardiomyopathy, which causes an
enlarged heart due to strenuous
exercise.
“My brother is now a coach,”
Addae said. “He’s been a very
influential person in my life and
throughout this process.”
Addae also said his mother,
Jennifer, and father, Freddie,
have been huge influences in
his life, and the possibility that
he can better their lives by
playing in the NFL is one of his
biggest motivations.
Addae is projected by many
to be a late-round to undrafted
player in this weekend’s draft,
but, even if he doesn’t see his
name pop up on ESPN, he
says his journey to the NFL
is far from over, and that he’ll

go wherever he needs to go to
earn a roster spot on an NFL
team.
“I have no preference on
team,” Addae said. “If I don’t
get drafted, it’s not the end all,
be all. A lot of times, guys who
go late become big names and
guys who go early aren’t. It’s
not about where you start; it’s
where you finish. I’ve been an
underdog my whole life in different things, but the size of my
heart tells me I can play at the
next level.”
Addae will be watching the
draft at his home in Florida
outside of the Tampa area with
the people who have motivated
him to get where he is today:
his family. Regardless of what
the weekend brings, he knows
he’s a very lucky person.
“This is just all a blessing,”
Addae said. “There are a lot of
people in this world who I’ve
grown up with or who I don’t
even know who would love to
be in the position I’m in. I’m
just trying to take it all in, enjoy
it, and remain humble and
level-headed. I’m just praying
and hoping for the best when I
get that shot.”
The first round of the 2013
NFL Draft can be seen Thursday night on ESPN at 8 p.m.

O’Kelly’s Sports Bar and
Grille will be hosting an NFL
draft viewing party Thursday
night, and it’s sure to be an
eventful night.
Former Central Michigan
University offensive tackle
Eric Fisher is projected to go
as high as the No. 1 overall pick
to the Kansas City Chiefs. He
is expected to be the highest
pick in CMU football history,
as well as CMU history, in any
sport and the highest pick the
Mid-American Conference has
had in NFL history.
Live coverage of the draft
will be on ESPN and the
NFL Network starting at
5 p.m., with the draft itself
beginning at 8 p.m.
Everyone in attendance
will be entered into a raffle to
win memorabilia from former
Chippewas who are or have
been in the NFL.
Among the teams being projected to draft Fisher are the
Jacksonville Jaguars with the

No. 2 overall pick, the Philadelphia Eagles with the No. 4 pick
and the Detroit Lions with the
No. 5 overall pick.
No mock drafts have Fisher
outside of the top-five picks.
Fisher would be the first
first-round draft pick in the
NFL since Joe Staley in 2007,
when he was picked with the
No. 28 overall selection by the
San Francisco 49ers, where he
still plays today.
Staley has been named to
two Pro Bowls in 2011 and 2012
and was named to two All-Pro
selections in 2011 and 2012. He
Eric Fisher
has helped lead the 49ers to
the 2012 NFC Championship
He also played for the New
Game and 2013 Super Bowl.
Orleans Hornets, and is curStaley has been a mentor for
rently on the Dallas Mavericks,
Fisher throughout the draft
where he plays alongside his
process.
fellow Team Germany OlymIn all sports, NBA center
pic Men’s Basketball Team
Chris Kaman is the highest
member Dirk Nowitzki.
overall pick in CMU history.
He was also named to the
Kaman, who played at
2010 Western Conference AllCMU from 2000-03, was the
Star team.
No. 6 overall pick by the Los
Angeles Clippers in 2003, after
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Winter, of course, has a few as
well, like licking a pole will result
in one’s tongue getting stuck and
it’s frowned upon to eat yellow
snow. But, those myths are more or
less self-evident.
Summer carries myths that are
not so easily discovered and take
research and first-hand experimentation. One might even have
to spend a couple of minutes on
Google.

But, put your Google skills to
rest, because Central Michigan Life
has you covered.
Myth #1: Urinating on a jellyfish or stingray sting enhances
the healing process.
Kelsey Kiefer was visiting her
then-boyfriend in Long Beach,
Calif.
During their stay at a local beach,
her boyfriend insisted on going into
the water. Kiefer refused, said she

wasn’t feeling it today, and, besides,
there were scary creatures in the
water. She had seen the “Jaws”
franchise. However, after a short
argument, she relented.
“I agreed to go into the ocean,
but I told him ‘I bet you will get
stung by a sting ray,’” the Lansing
junior said. “He just laughed and
said I was being ridiculous. Within
one minute of running into the
ocean, he was stung by a stingray.”

It was an unbelievable set of
circumstances, one that would have
had Kiefer seriously questioning
whether she had psychic powers, if
it were not for her boyfriend’s anguished cries, begging her to pee on
his foot. He had heard that stopped
the pain.
Kiefer was reluctant at first, but
eventually caved.

Alex Vallender,
Beaverton senior

Taylor Packard,
Breckenridge senior

Jenna Tietema,
Grand Rapids senior

Erika Vollman,
Macomb senior

“I am hoping to move out of state
as soon as I can after graduation.”

“I’m going to be planning my
wedding this summer, which will
take place in October.”

“Two days after graduation, I
start an accelerated two-week
program to become a Certified
Nurse’s Assistant.”

“I’m going to Las Vegas over the
summer to celebrate. It was a
birthday present, and I saved it
for after graduation as something
to do before I start my job.”

With more than 20,000
students departing from
Mount Pleasant at the end of
the semester, most would assume summer vacation has a
negative effect on downtown
businesses.
However, Farmington Hills
sophomore Lydia Miller disagrees, considering how much
business Max and Emily’s receives at 125 E. Broadway St.
“We have had concert
series before; the whole town
comes,” Miller, a Max and
Emily’s employee, said. “At
the Art Fairs, we grill outside
and try to be out there as
much as we can.”
Miller said the free show
is right on the corner, where
they grill outside, bringing
in local customers as well as
the faculty who have time to
spare.
Max and Emily’s has also
countered the loss of students
through offering a ‘sandwich
of the day’ and by catering to
events, especially conferences
that might be held on campus

over the summer, as well as
graduation parties, Miller
said.
“We do get a little bit of
drop, but we try to push it
whenever we can,” she said.
“Every day, we have a ‘sandwich of the day.’”
The lack of students does
not come at a loss, but is a
major part of their business
when the crowd starts to
return in the beginning of
August.
“We try to target some
of the younger kids, but in
downtown, all of the businesses usually attract juniors
and seniors,” Miller said. “We
normally see more students
around the time of Leadership
Safari and when some of the
older kids move in from off
campus.”
Christopher Wilcox is a
Mount Pleasant sophomore
who works at Downtown
Discount, located at 104 N.
Main St.
Despite the lack of cars on
Mission Street, Wilcox said
the business runs as usual
because of visiting spectators.
“With the summer months,
we get more foot traffic

from visitors and the parks,”
Wilcox said. “That’s really our
bread and butter in summer.”
On 114 S. Main St. is The
Book Garden, which Lewis
Krec has worked at for five
years as a clerk.
Summertime has always
been kind to The Book Garden, which Krec said is a good
time to buy books because of
beach reading and traveling.
“I get a lot of people who
are buying books to go on vacation and have a long flight,”
Krec said. “In the summertime, we have better business,
because there is more foot
traffic. In the winter time,
there’s not a lot of people who
want to park a block away just
to come to a little business
like ours.”
Krec said the busiest time
of the year is at the start of
fall and the beginning of the
school year, when a lot of the
novels are on the students’
class reading list. It is also that
time of year when a lot of the
downtown festivals occur.
“It also has a lot to do with
visibility. There is a downturn when you notice a lot
of the books that are on the

class reading lists,” Krec said.
“Those sales drop, because
there are fewer students who
need to read them for classes.”
Kim Lovejoy, owner of
Emma’s Boutique, 111 S. University St., has been operating
her business for five years,
and has taken advantage of
what other stores have done
during the summer.
“We run the same motions,
but there are a lot more events
downtown during the summer,” Lovejoy said. “There
will be more free concerts
from Max and Emily’s, we
have our annual sidewalk
sales, and the Back to the
Bricks car shows are coming.”
For Lovejoy, summer is a
great time for business because of the tourism the city
of Mount Pleasant brings in.
“We bring in a lot of people
who come up. We get ladies
who come in with groups
who are here for the weekend
at the casino,” Lovejoy said.
“But, mainly, it’s the people
who vacation up here for the
summer. That kind of offsets
everything.”
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Several Central Michigan
University students will pack
up their luggage and return
home for the summer, but others have plans to stay.
Farmington Hills junior
Cheneé Peeples said she will
be spending her summer in
Mount Pleasant due to her
involvement in the Biology
Undergraduate Mentoring
Program.
“I’m in this program, and,
over the summer, we do research,” Peeples said.
Peeples said though this is
not her first summer in Mount
Pleasant, she plans to have fun
and explore the city even more
than in years past.
“Last year, I just kind of explored Mount Pleasant, downtown, just different things,”
Peeples said. “They have a fair.
I’m looking forward to that
again. So, (I’m looking forward
to) just exploring and getting
the feel of Mount Pleasant for
what it really is, outside of the
college town.”
Peeples said she would like
to spend her summer doing
something else or going home,
but she’s gotten used to staying.
“I definitely feel like I can
make it fun no matter where
(I am), but I would like to go
home or go on a vacation more
so than be kind of restricted
to Mount Pleasant for two
months; all my friends are at
home,” she said.
Likewise, Novi sophomore
Allison Snider will be spending
her summer in Mount Pleasant
doing research.
“I will be staying in Mount
Pleasant to do research with
biology professor Dr. Mahon,
who recently got back from
Antarctica,” Snider said. “It’s
going to be a great experience
in my field of study, so I was
thrilled to have the opportunity.”
Snider said some of her family has a cottage near Mount
Pleasant, and she plans to visit
them frequently; however, she
admits she’ll miss seeing her
friends and other family members back home.
“You spend so much time
apart (from friends) during the
school year part of me wishes

I could be back in Novi with
them,” she said.
Snider said over the summer
she’ll be working, as well.
“I will be working about 40
hours a week, so that will keep
me pretty busy,” Snider said. “I
will be helping out in the lab,
cataloging and organizing Antarctica samples and whatever
else they need me to do.”
Snider also plans to make
free time to enjoy her summer.
“I really want to try tubing
down the (Chippewa River),”
she said. “I also have a few
friends who will be staying in
Mount Pleasant, so I hope to
hang out with them when I get
time.”
Monroe senior John Wallace
said he prefers his summers in
Mount Pleasant. Wallace has
spent his last three summers
here.
“It’s easier to get into the
groove,” Wallace said. “People
stay around for classes, so
you’re not meeting new people
or ever leaving them. You’re
just always in the loop.”
Wallace said he will also be
working this summer.
“It’s easier than moving
back home, because, usually,
I have multiple jobs up here,
so it’s impossible to leave both
jobs and expect to return to a
job coming back from the last
school year,” Wallace said.
Wallace said he thinks
anyone can have a good summer, regardless of where they
are and said he plans to have
just as much as fun in Mount
Pleasant as he would in his
hometown.
“Go to the (University)
Meadows’ pool a lot during the
summer,” Wallace said. “A lot of
people drink there, play beach
volleyball or any other thing
you can imagine. Play basketball
and that type of stuff.”
Snider said, during the
summer, Mount Pleasant dies
down, and she doesn’t know
how much she’ll like the
emptiness around campus;
however, she said she will
have a good time one way or
another.
“I’m sure I can still have fun,
but it’ll probably take a little
more creativity up here than it
would back home,” she said.
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Seniors reflect on time as students,
prepare to enter the ‘real world’
By Megan Pacer
Senior Reporter

Many volunteer opportunities available
in summer, programs ‘rely on volunteers’
By Adriana Cotero
Staff Reporter

Central Michigan University will be looking for
students to aid in volunteer
programs for those calling
Mount Pleasant home this
summer.
CMU’s Mary Ellen
Brandell Volunteer Center,
Camps and Conferences and
Alternative Breaks will be
hosting programs and have
multiple volunteer opportunities for those who will be
in town.
“Over the summer,
students leave, but, the
ones who do stay up here,
we really need them to
get involved. Volunteering
creates a great opportunity
and gives students a way to
become involved with an
organization,” Volunteer
Center Graduate Assistant Jason Vasquez said.
“There are many ways to get
involved over the summer:
soup kitchens, the food
pantry, and there is always
a need for volunteers from
students and community
members.”
The Mary Ellen Brandell
Volunteer Center offers
summer programs in which
students can volunteer on
Orgsync or in the Bovee
University Center Office.
“Anyone can volunteer individually or with a group,”
Vasquez said. “We really do
rely on students. Our main
focus is on students, to provide them the opportunity
to serve the community.”
According to Belleville
senior Nicole Infante, who
serves as the Volunteer
Center community outreach
student coordinator, there
is a wide range of volunteer

“Anyone can volunteer individually or with
a group. We really do rely on students.
Our main focus is on students, to provide them
the opportunity to serve the community.”
Jason Vasquez, Volunteer Center Graduate Assistant
opportunities.
“We hold different
programs over the summer, especially (programs)
that lean more toward the
environment, homelessness and hunger,” Infante
said. “We are trying to get
more volunteers over the
summer, and are encouraging students to volunteer
with the community. A lot
of our important organizations work with hunger and
homelessness, all of which
rely heavily on volunteers
who are students.”
Opportunities include
The Plant a Row for the
Hungry Campaign, Community Compassion Network
Food Pantry, The Isabella
County Commission on
Aging, The Chippewa Watershed Conservancy and
nearby soup kitchens.
“The Plant a Row for the
Hungry Campaign grew
and donated 500 pounds of
fresh produce last year. Our
goal is to match and exceed
that number,” Infante said.
“For this program, we partner with Campus Grow and
plant food at one of their
sites. It is a great opportunity to donate food.”
Through the Volunteer
Center, the Alternative
Breaks program will host
five summer alternative
breaks, and between 60 and
70 groups are scheduled to

be on campus throughout
the summer through Camps
and Conferences.
The Assistant Director
of Events & Conference
Services, Chad Garland,
coordinates the residential
camps and a majority of the
summer camps.
“We work with the School
of Music to bring in band
camps at the end of July
and beginning of August,”
Garland said. “There are
also high school leadership
opportunities; there is a big
mix of groups that come in
and visit the campus over
the summer.”
The commonly known
and biggest event in Mount
Pleasant over the summer
will take place next month;
the Michigan Special
Olympics Statewide Summer Games, during which
Garland will be expecting at
least 4,500 people.
“CMU hosts and helps
support the Michigan
Special Olympics the week
after Memorial Day weekend, from Thursday, May
30 until Saturday, June 1,”
Garland said. “(The games)
will take place all around
campus and especially at
all the athletic facilities. At
the Special Olympics, there
are many events with many
volunteer opportunities.”
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Mackinac Island

Frankenmuth

Mackinaw City
Mackinac Island, located
in Mackinaw City and
between Michigan’s upper
and lower peninsulas, is
home to a state park, a
historic downtown, sparkling
beaches and peaking
limestone bluffs, a historic
downtown and much more.
Cost: At least $40 for a
round-trip ferry ride.

Frankenmuth
For the culture fanatics,
the small town of
Frankenmuth is the place
for you. With different
festivals taking place all
summer long ranging from
the World Expo of Beer to
the Bavarian Festival, this
historic German town has
something for everyone.

Summer Art Fair
Midland
Art and music lovers alike
will enjoy the Summer Art
Fair held June 1 and 2 in
Midland. This free event is
held at the Midland Center
of the Arts and features
artists’ works, food vendors,
street musicians and street
art demonstrations.
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The temperature is rising,
classes are coming to an end,
and students are cleaning
out their residence halls and
apartments.
That can only mean one
thing: summer is on its way.
While summer is always
enjoyable, it holds a slightly
different meaning for this
year’s graduating seniors.
By the end of the summer,
they will be official alumni of
Central Michigan University.
In plain terms, they will be
grown ups.
Hastings senior Sara
Archambeau expressed her
optimism about this summer.
“This summer will hopefully be a fun one,” she said.
Archambeau, who has not
gone home for summer since
2010, said living away from
home gave her a new appreciation of family, which she
might not have gained had she
gone home every year.
“I appreciate all (my parents) do, and I don’t need to
‘get away’ any more, like I did
in high school,” she said. “I’m
excited to move home for a
short time to be able to spend
time with them again.”
St. Clair Shores senior
Shawn Qualls will also be
returning home while he
decides his next steps.
“I’m not much of a planner,
and I tend to live in the present, so I’m still exploring my
options,” he said.
Unlike Archambeau, Qualls’
summer won’t be filled with
too many changes.
“Though I’ll have graduated, my first summer out of
college likely won’t be too
much different from my time
in college,” Qualls said.
Ever a fan of living in the
moment, Qualls has some lofty
goals as a graduate during his
last summer of freedom.
“I’d like to do some traveling
before I get to the proverbial
‘real world,’” he said. “I would
like to visit Europe again, or
perhaps take a road trip somewhere.”
Both students reflected
on the meaning of this final
summer.
“This summer is definitely
different,” Archambeau said.

According to Qualls, the end
of ‘college life’ is both discouraging and exciting.
“Of course, the real world
is just around the corner,” he
said. “While I’m disheartened
I won’t be around Mount
Pleasant every day to enjoy
the company of the people I’ve
grown so close to over the past
few years, I’m eager to begin a
new chapter of my life.”
Before these two seniors
embark on their new chapters,
they have some words of wisdom for CMU students who
have a few years left.
“I guess my worst experience would be with trying
to find a parking spot in the
middle of the day,” Archambeau said. “If you live offcampus, you need to be very
strategic about when to leave
your apartment to get a parking spot.”
Qualls shared advice about
ways to avoid unnecessary
hardship for underclassmen.
“Stay away from 8 a.m.
classes,” he said. “Especially
on Mondays, Wednesdays and

Fridays. Those should seriously be outlawed.”
Both students advocate involvement on and off campus,
starting as early as possible.
Involvement in sports, registered student organizations
and other programs often gave
Archambeau and Qualls the
opportunity to apply what
they had learned in class.
“I have to say the vast
majority of knowledge I’ve
gathered during my time
here at CMU has come from
outside the classroom,” Qualls
said. “I’m not saying blow off
class so you can go out and
join five more RSOs. Moderation is key.”
Archambeau shared her
thoughts on the importance of
enjoying college.
“Lose some sleep to make
memories with your friends,”
she said. “If you have an
extremely busy day, realize
classes are sometimes the least
important thing.”
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Summer
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By Brianna Owczarzak
Staff Reporter

For most college students,
summer is a time to unwind,
relax, lay out in the sun, hang
out with friends and listen to
music.
Everyone has a different
taste in music, but here are
some suggestions for summer jams from the Billboard
top-10 summer songs of all
time.
1. “California Gurls” Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg:
This song came out in 2010
and was the top hit for that
summer. The beat is fun, and
the lyrics make you want to
roll down the windows and
sing at the top of your lungs.
2. “Summer in the City”
- The Lovin’ Spoonful: This
song came out in 1966, so
it probably isn’t that popular with the college crowd.

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“Long story short, I peed on
his foot,” Kiefer said. “It didn’t
work.”
Assistant Professor of
Biology Stephen Juris said
he’s not surprised. While it’s
a common myth, urine does
little to help the situation.
“Nope. Don’t do it. The
urine can actually make the
pain worse, not better,” Juris
said. “A jellyfish sting releases stinging cells that inject
venom, which need to be inactivated and removed. The best
treatment is to wash out the
wound with salt water, scrape
with a credit card or another
flat object to try to get rid of
the stinging cells and then get
medical attention. But, don’t
go peeing on it.”
Myth #2: It’s possible to
cook an egg (and maybe
even cookies) on a hot
sidewalk.
Flint senior Lauren Gabera
said she has tried many
experiments cooking eggs
outside, and the sidewalk
didn’t always work as well as
she thought it would.
“I found the surface of a
car or black-top cement does
the trick,” Gabera said. “The
sidewalk really never cooked
it all the way through.”
Algonac senior Amanda Rix
never was into eggs, but she
did try her hand at cookies.
“I never liked eggs as a
child. So, I never tried it,” Rix
said. “But, I feel like I did try
to create a make-shift oven
outside and bake cookies in
it.”
The attempt, for all of its
childhood genius and ingenuity, didn’t succeed. Rix said
it was tragic for perhaps 30
seconds.
“They didn’t bake, of
course,” Rix said. “I was
disappointed, but I got over
it and probably went swimming.”
Juris confirmed, while other surfaces might reach the
appropriate heat, a sidewalk
on an average day is close, but
not hot enough.
“An egg needs to get to 158
degrees Fahrenheit to be fully

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However, this song sings
about the summer in New
York, and it has that perfect
oldies beat to it.
3. “Wipe Out” - The
Surfaris: This song came out
in 1962 and has the feel of a
Beach Boys song, but without lyrics. Most students will
probably recognize this song
from the movie The Sandlot.

4. “Itsy Bitsy Teenie
Weenie Yellow Polkadot
Bikini” - Bryan Hyland: This
hit song that came out in
1960 is a summer classic that
everybody knows.
5. “Surf City” - Jan &
Dean: This song came out in
1963, and also has that perfect surfin’, care-free rhythm
to it.

Summer: A glorious and
peaceful time.
Temperatures reach more
than 60 degrees, long hours
are spent by the pool soaking up the sun with a book in
hand, and parties are going
on all night, every night. Basically, summer is a non-stop
and care-free cruise, with the
windows down, might I add.
Leisure time is all the time,
without a worry in sight or
mind … well, that is how I
imagine it.
I have been looking forward
to this time for a while, but,
now that it is almost here, I
really don’t know what I am

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cooked. A sidewalk on a hot
summer day gets to about 140
degrees Fahrenheit,” he said.
“When the egg hits the sidewalk, it also cools it slightly,
and sidewalks don’t conduct
heat well, so it takes a while to
get back to 140 degrees, which
still is too low to get the egg to
the right temperature.”
Myth #3: Drinking from
a hose is dangerous to one’s
health.
Gabera quickly called nonsense on this one.
“It’s a hose,” she said. “It
might have bacteria in it, but
so does tap water. Honestly,
everything has bacteria in it.
I don’t see it as any different
from tap water. I drank from
the hose as a kid. Honestly, I’d
still do it today.”
Drinking water from a hose
is an action almost everybody has done as a kid, Juris
included. He added, though,
perhaps over-paranoid parents have a point in discouraging it.
“I was surprised with this
find,” Juris said. “I was thinking contamination would be
the issue, but, apparently, the
biggest concern is the fact
that hoses are commonly
made with PVC, which uses
lead as a stabilizer. The lead
can leach into the water. So,
without a lead-free hose, I
would say it isn’t safe. Maybe
I shouldn’t have done it as a
kid, after all.”
Myth #4: Scratching a
bug bite makes it worse.
Rix said she was notorious
for scratching her bug bites
when she was a kid, and the
results were always disastrous.
“Oh, Lord. That is exactly what I was known for
as a child,” Rix said. “I swear,
mosquitoes love me. And
I just cannot stop scratching (the mosquito bites). It’s
awful. I think it does make
them worse, if “worse” means
making them red and awfullooking. And then they scab.
But, that’s disgusting.”
Juris wasn’t surprised at all
by this reaction.
“A bug bite tends to cause
an inflammatory response,
resulting in swelling and
redness,” Juris said. “Part of
this inflammatory response
is local increase in swelling,
caused by leakage of a small
amount of blood and fluid to
the sight of the bite to help
the immune system do its

job. Some of the molecules
released cause the itching
associated with a bug bite.
I would think scratching a
bite would spread around the
molecules that increase swelling and itching in the area,
making it worse.”
Myth #5: If water is stuck
in one ear after swimming,
standing on one foot and
tilting your head is the best
fix.
Allie Lichtenstein never
found the popular, though
rarely confirmed, advice helpful. In fact, she’s found the
best solution is to wait it out.
“I think I’m not a very
superstitious person,” the Illinois sophomore said. “I usually let nature run its course.”
Juris said there are other
options than just waiting
them out, but tilting your
head isn’t one of them.
“I found several remedies,
but most of them center on
turning your ear with water
in it toward the ground and
letting gravity do the rest
– sometimes shaking your
head a bit toward the ground
to give gravity a hand,” Juris
said. “I also found several
suggestions to use a few drops
of rubbing alcohol in your ear
to help the water out, and the
rubbing alcohol will eventually evaporate.”
Myth #6: It’s possible to
fry ants with a magnifying
glass.
Henry the ant was strolling
peacefully along his way. The
music of birds chirping filled
the air; a gentle breeze glided
leaves softly forward.
Then, suddenly, an intense
concentration of sunlight
boiled Henry’s insides, causing them to splatter out of his
skin.
Kaitlyn Buzalski’s father
had yelled out “look at this,”
at which point he carefully
aligned the magnifying glass
with the ant.
“There was this one myth
that you could fry an ant
with a magnifying glass,” the
Edwardsburg junior said.
“That was sad, because that
ended up being true. We don’t
talk about that, though. R.I.P.
Henry.”
With Henry’s remains still
etched in a sidewalk somewhere in South Bend, Ind.,
reaching Juris for comment
was hardly necessary.
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Jeremy Ball
Columnist

Ball
was here
Back in high school, I used
to count down the days until
summer vacation, much
like a prisoner making tally
marks on the cinder blocks
of his cell.
When the bell rang on
the final day, I had a yearly
tradition of racing home and
blaring “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper at an appropriate
wall-shaking decibel level.
Summer was kind of like
a work-release program;
a time when it was possible to make some meager
money by flipping burgers
or stocking shelves. I knew
I’d only have a few months
of freedom before the school
bus would start showing up

anticipating.
Finally being done with
classes for three months really
only means that it’s time to
work endless hours and say
hello to my summer J-O-B.
While yes, summer is supposedly considered time off, it
appears to be the time to play
“catch up.”
Whether it is taking
summer classes or earning
extra cash, we are once again
stressing and working toward
something.
I envy the people who get
to have this care-free, relaxed
summer living.
Although, lately, it seems
like everyone has jumped
on the same train, and there
aren’t many people to envy
anymore, or they have yet to
reach the age of 18, otherwise
known as adulthood.
It is simply the not-sosweet reality of growing up.
I have always loved the
summertime, but the long
hours by the pool will now be
minimized to an hour, or, if
I’m lucky, maybe two. If I can
make it even halfway through
my summer reading list, I will
feel accomplished, and parties
all night will solely depend
on whether a morning shift is

scheduled under my name.
Considering summer is just
around the corner, revaluations are now in high demand.
My first year of college has
come and is in the quick process of being gone, and, just
like every other experience,
there are high and low points.
Not having to live at home
anymore chalks itself up as an
obvious high point, but having
to live in a residence hall for
two semesters … can you say
“low point?”
Taking into account the unpleasant residence hall rooms,
I mean beds, it is safe to say, I
might actually have something to look forward to. With
summer being an exam week
away, I can definitely say my
queen-sized bed at home has
become quite the prospect.
In all honesty, my summer will be much like, what I
imagine, every other college
student’s, spent waiting on
tables and planning my way
back to good ol’ Mount Pleasant.
Farewell Central Michigan
University, until we meet
again in the fall.

again at zero-dark-thirty every morning, but that made
sleeping until noon all the
more enjoyable.
I don’t count down the
days until summer anymore,
though.
In fact, every time I look
at a calendar and see the
dwindling number of days
left in the semester, I feel a
certain sense of dread.
I’ve spent 19 of my 24
years as a “student.” Now,
I’m about to graduate and
be let loose into the “real
world.” Sometimes, I wonder
if I should just get another
degree.
A Ph.D. would guarantee
me a five-year stretch at another institution, and Uncle
Sam would continue to lend
me money to cover my room
and board.
As much as I complain
about college life, there’s a
certain level of predictability
and security that comes with
it. Professors tell you what
to do, and you do it. Advisers tell you which classes to
take, and you take them.
I hear the “real world”
moves pretty fast nowadays,
and that terrifies me.
By the time the summer
ends, people will expect me

to find a real job. Eventually, they’ll expect me to
buy a real house, find a real
wife and have some real
children. If I don’t succeed,
I’ll be doomed to wander
the streets as a vagrant or,
worst-case scenario, work at
Wal-mart.
I’ve made a lot of great
friends and connections
while in college, but I know
I’ll never see most of them
again after I take that long,
lonely walk from Anspach
Hall to Lot 22 for the last
time on May 2.
Maybe that’s what I’m
dreading most; I guess I’ll
just miss my friends.
But, time marches forward, and I guess it’s time
for me to accept that I will
no longer be Central Michigan University Student ID
#369**8.
My release from academia
has been looming for a long
time, and I don’t want to be
a lifer who dies while pursuing his 11th doctorate degree.
I’ll soon be a free man,
even if my destiny is uncertain. If all else fails, maybe
I’ll hop a Megabus and head
down to Zihuatanejo.

This summer, televisions
and movie theater screens will
be packed with exciting new
story lines and chilling plots.
Networks such as CBS and
ABC are releasing a variety of
new television series starting
in early May.
ABC is premiering three
new shows this summer,
starting with “Motive,” which
follows two crime scene investigators on their quest to hunt
down murderers.
The series puts a spin on the
typical murder-mystery show
by identifying the killer and
the victim in the beginning of
each episode. The story lines
are then explored through
flashbacks that piece together
the connection between the
two characters and what
drove the killer to commit the
murder.
“Motive” will have a special
debut on Tuesday, May 21 at
10 p.m., following the season
finale of “Dancing with the
Stars” and will take its regular
time slot Thursdays at 9 p.m.
ABC is also premiering the
provocative series “Mistresses” Monday June 3 at 10 p.m.
The sophisticated drama is
about four women and their
love lives, secrets, lies and,
above all, their friendship.
The series is based on the

2008-10 hit British series of
the same name.
ABC is also debuting “Whodunnit?” Sunday, June 23 at
9 p.m.
This nine-episode series
puts 13 contestants’ investigative skills to the test in a reality
competition. Contestants will
reside on a glamorous estate,
where they must solve a new
crime each week in order to
advance in the game.
Each week, players use a
variety of crime scene investigation techniques to uncover
who among them is the killer.
One person will unmask the
killer in the end and take home
a grand prize of $250,000.
CBS will be kicking off

summer Monday, June 24 at
10 p.m. with the new series
“Under the Dome.”
In this sci-fi thriller, the
town of Chester’s Mill, Maine,
is suddenly sealed off from the
rest of the world by an invisible force field.
The show follows a group of
town residents as they fight to
figure out what the force field
is, where it came from and
when, or if, it will go away.
Showtime is also releasing
its new show “Ray Donovan”
Sunday, June 30 at 10 p.m.
The one-hour series stars
Liev Schreiber in his first lead
television role as Ray Donovan, the go-to guy who makes
the problems of Hollywood’s

celebrities and athletes disappear.
The only problems he can’t
handle are those that overrun
his family after his father is
unexpectedly released from
prison.
However, not all of this
summer’s new shows are for
adults only.
Disney will be debuting
its new action-packed series,
Marvel’s “Avengers Assemble” on Disney XD. There
will be a special one-hour
preview Sunday, May 27 at 11
a.m., followed by the series
premier Sunday, July 7 at 11
a.m.
The series reunites Iron
Man, Hulk, Captain America,
Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow and newcomer Falcon,
marking the first time in animation history this team will
join forces. Together, they
face everything from Doctor
Doom to Dracula.

MOVIES

Theaters will also be bustling with crowds this summer as new, highly anticipated
films make their way to the
big screen.
“The Internship” hits
theaters Friday, June 7, which
follows two salesmen whose
careers have plummeted due
to the digital world.
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